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DNI sets out ambitious plans
Discovery Networks International has ordered 20 hours of content from indie Maverick Television, as Julian Bellamy outlined the broadcaster’s “step change in ambitions” at the Broadcast Business Breakfast.
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NewsKirkwood returns to Lime to boost structured reality
Former EastEnders executive producer Bryan Kirkwood is returning to Lime Pictures to expand the producer’s catalogue of structured reality and scripted programming.
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NewsC4's Food Hospital to return
A second shorter run of The Food Hospital, which looks at using food rather than medicine to treat illnesses, has been ordered from Betty for Channel 4.
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NewsReality star begins legal action over TOWIE
Brian Belo, Sassy Films and Massive TV have filed a claim against ITV and Lime Pictures alleging reality show The Only Way is Essex infringes their copyright.
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NewsGeorge Gently inspects new series
BBC1 detective drama Inspector George Gently is to return for a fifth series - comprising four feature length films.
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NewsLipSync lines up £3m EIS fund for high-end drama
Soho-based post-production company LipSync is raising a £3m TV drama fund through the government’s private investor Enterprise Investment Scheme.
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NewsTOWIE's Mark Wright heads to US for ITV2
ITV2 is poised to hand former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright his own series, charting his bid to crack America.
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NewsLime in talks for US TOWIE
Lime Pictures has held discussions over a US version of The Only Way is Essex.
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E4 axes Skins after seven series
Channel 4 is to axe Skins next year after a seventh series of the Company Pictures-produced teen drama.
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NewsAll3 starts search for chief exec after bumper year
All3Media has kicked off the hunt for a new chief executive and signalled plans to become more bullish with its programming rights after posting record earnings last year.
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NewsNorth One wins US order for Gadget Show pilot
US cable network G4 has commissioned a pilot episode of North One Television’s long-running technology entertainment show The Gadget Show, marking the indie’s first venture into the country.
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NewsC4 orders Gok's Teens web series
Channel 4 has ordered a raft of short-form web videos featuring celebrities including Alesha Dixon, Catherine Tate and members of the Hollyoaks cast to support its forthcoming series Gok’s Teens: The Naked Truth
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NewsHoarders set for C4 return in home makeover series
Channel 4 has ordered its second series on hoarding, which will follow shopaholics given the opportunity to sell their collections and make over their houses.
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NewsBBC1 recommissions Call the Midwife
BBC1 period drama Call the Midwife has been recommissioned after just two episodes.
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NewsBBC1 to shed light on food inspectors and pawnbrokers
BBC1 has ordered two series that take a close look at the little-known worlds of environmental health and pawnbroking.
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NewsSkins characters on Facebook for first time
Skins characters are to interact with viewers via their own Facebook Pages for the first time following Channel 4’s reappointment of Somethin’ Else to create a social media presence for the drama.
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NewsBBC1 orders War of the Roses drama
BBC1 will air 24 new dramas in 2012 after adding three literary adaptations, a trucking series and a special from the makers of The Gruffalo to its winter slate.
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NewsBBC: coping with the cuts
If the BBC’s 2011 was defined by months of speculation over where exactly that 16% budget cut would be made, the year ahead will be characterised by the start of the surgery.
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NewsShine poaches Maverick exec
Shine TV has poached an Embarrassing Bodies exec to head up its new fact ent department, marking a second senior appointment in as many months.
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NewsAxed BBC shows win at British Comedy Awards
Recently axed BBC2 comedies Shooting Stars and Psychoville had the last laugh at the British Comedy Awards picking up three prizes between them.